Allocating funds for sustainable progress is fast becoming a mandatory survival parameter for companies worldwide. With the climate change concerns mounting heavily by drastic weather conditions (consider the polar vortex), companies are realizing that they should shift to the green …
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From Guest Blogger Dave Elliotte: Companies Worldwide Unlocking Green Finance as Mandatory Survival Strategy
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Renewable Energy and Nature
If you want to read a thoroughly misleading piece of garbage, let me suggest this article on renewable energy and nature, published in the EnergyCollective. Check this out: “The renewable energy paradigm requires an unprecedented industrial re-engineering of the landscape: …
Speaking on Clean Energy, the Environment, and Sustainability
A very senior businessman I’ve known for a long while has asked me to serve as a panelist for a conference his group is putting on next September in San Diego. He writes, “I assume (your expertise) falls into two …
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2GreenEnergy Interns Researching and Writing on Renewables, Energy Efficiency, Etc.
I really enjoy working with our interns here at 2GreenEnergy, in my capacity as, I suppose we could say “coach.” My role is to direct them into researching areas that I think will be a good fit for the individual’s …
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American Physical Society Discusses Climate Change and its Mitigation
My colleague Jim Boyden (PhD, physics, Cal Tech, 1960) was kind enough to brief me on the highlights of the meeting of the American Physical Society at the University of California at Berkeley last weekend. The core of the meeting, …
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Sardinia’s New 1 MW Wind Farm
I’ve recently made another addition to my list of renewable energy investment opportunities: the development of a smallish wind farm in Sardinia. In a recent call I had with a colleague in Europe, I learned something interesting, and quite important for …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Olivier Goavec: The Long-Term Prospect for Powering the Entire Continent of Europe with Huge CSP Arrays in Northern Africa
With its strong economic position in the world and its industrialization, Europe is an important energy consumer. This brings about the need for constant research to ensure that the future of electricity demand for the Continents is based on renewables. …
Coal Industry Busted for Lying to our School Children
Here’s a story with a happy ending. Apparently, the educational arm of the U.S. coal industry, the American Coal Foundation, hired schoolbook publisher “Scholastic” to create classroom lessons on energy. Not surprisingly, the material on coal discussed its many “advantages,” …
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Tesla Motors’ Direct Sales Model Challenged
Progressives certainly disdain New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, don’t they? It seems that at the rate of at least once a week he does something to irritate the Common American. Today we learn that he’s blocking Tesla’s efforts to build …
From Guest Blogger Ashley: Injection Molding Processes — Which Are Greenest?
As manufacturing companies aim to increase production and reduce costs, analysis of energy consumption within the process is vital. With plastic injection molding, three types of machines and processes are used – hydraulic, hybrid, and all-electric. Any plastics manufacturer may …
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